Hair-pin.



1. DAVID. HAIR PIN.

APPLICATION FILED FBB.17, 1910 1,009,029, Patnted Nov. 14, 1911.

' the point of the straight prong 10 ,as to en- JOSEPH Davin, or ciiicaeo, rnnrivors.

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Specification of Letters Patent. P t nt d N 14, 1911 application filed February 17, 1910. Serial No. 544,357.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH DAVID, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, 1n the county of Cook and State of 5 Illinois, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Hair-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

Thls invention relates to pins for fasten- .ing the hair and holding the same in proper 10 form according to the prevailing style, and also for fastening a hat to a ladys hair.

The invention consists of certain peculiar novel features of construction all as will'be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated 'in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of one form of the fastener, adapted "especially for holding ladies hair in form; Fig. 2 is a view showing the application of another form of the improvement to a ladys hat, used as a hat pin, and, Fig. 3 is an end view of the pin.

The pin constituting the improvements comprises a plurality of prongs, all of which are connected together at one point, oneof which is substantially straight while the others are arranged around the straight one- 1 spirally and parallel to one another.

The prong 1O constitutes a guide and steadying device for the'entire pin, while the prongs 11 constitute means tosecure the pin firmly in the hair, preventing accidental displacement therefrom, and whereby the entire pin will be prevented fromvibration or loosening from the hair. splr'a-l' and arranged in the same direction provide for the easy insertion of the pin into the hair by rotation thereof, and removal of the pin is effected by a simple reverse rotation of the pin when desired. The device may be made of any suitable material, and if so desired, the outer end thereof may be ornamented in any suitable manner. If the device is made of celluloid or any material of a character which is comparatively frag- .ile, some suitable means may be necessary to prevent so great distortion of the spiral prongs as would tend to break them. For this purpose I employ upon the central straight prong 10 an enlargement 12. This enlargement may be made in any suitable manner and connected to the prong. 10 as desired The enlargement is preferably elongated so as to prevent the two spiral pron from being distorted so far toward tiveness than the usual pins.

demonstrated by actual tests that'no more The prongs 11 being danger them by breakage. If the enlargement 12 is substantially as long as the longitudinal distance bet-ween the adjacent turns of the spiral prongs, it will be eifective to reslst' such distortion when the same is applied in any direction. The ends of the enlargement are preferably rounded or slop ing so as to no-tmaterially interfere with the introduction of the pin to or its removal from the hair. Actual experience has demonstrated that the use of a pin of this character with an enlargement of considerable size is entirely satisfactory for the purposes hereinbefore 'set forth.

In Fig. 2 is shown an adaptation of the same device for use as a .hat pin or hat fastener. The pin has connected to its outer end by any suitable means a shank 13, to the outer end of which an ornamental head 14 is connected as by screw threads. Much objection to the use of extra long hat pins has been raised, due to their inconvenience in manipulation and attendant dangers not only to the wearer but to others. A hat fas tenor of the'character illustrated obviates the objections just referred to and also provides a fastener of considerably more effec- It has been than two devices of this character will secure the hat as effectively as four or five of the usual plain long pins. To apply the pin shown toa hat, the head 14 is unscrewed from the shank 13 andthe shank is then projected through the crown from the inside, when the head is again put in place on the shank. The pin then becomes a permanent attachment to the hat and is always ready for use for securing the hat to the wearers head. Upon drawing the pin into the posi-v tion indicated with the .spiral prongs adjacent to the inside surface of the crown, the points of all the prongs may then be introduced into the hair upon rotating the pin as above described.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is: 1. The herein described pin comprising, in combination, a plurality of prongs, one of which is substantially straight and others of which are bent spirallygareundj the straight prong in the same directio substantially parallel throughout their length, andifmea'ns topro; tect the spiral prongs from breakage due to -iundue lateral distortion.

t6 gone angtn r 1-10 2. A pin of the character set forth com 'the adjacent turns of the spiral prongs, sub- 10 prising a plurality of pointed prongs,-one stantially as set forth. 1 of WhlCh 15- substantially straight and the In testimony whereof I aflix my signature .others of which are bent spirally around in presence of two Witnesses the straight prong in the same direction and parallel to each other, and an elongated en- 7 largement upon the straight prong closely Witnesses: adjacent to its point, said enlargement being G. L. BEELER,

as long as the longitudinal distance between CHARLES LOWELL HOWARD.

JOSEPH DAVID. 

